As I'm writing the Oracle class, I'm anticipating that lots of players will want to play a blind character. The trope of the blind oracle or blind seer is fairly popular in folklore and pop culture, and I want to accommodate players making the characters that appeal to them.
To save DMs the headache of trying to figure out how to make a blind character mechanically balanced, I'm including this optional feature in the Oracle class. If a player chooses to make their character blind, they gain 30 feet of blindsight and can spend class resources to extend that range for a short time.
For flavor, I also included the table of possible eye appearances, for players who want the nature of the blindness to be a bit more mystical.
That said, I am currently a sighted person. I'm considering hiring a sensitivity reader further down the line, but for now I figure I might as well run it by others to see what people think.
Worth noting that the blindsight offered here does not negate the mechanical effects of being blind. Characters that take this feature will still be unable to do certain things such as see distant objects or observe writing/images on surfaces.
[image description: Sightless Seer, a 1st-level optional Oracle feature. If you choose, you can sacrifice your sight. If you do so, you are permanently blinded and gain blindsight out to a range of 30 feet. This blindness cannot be cured in any way, even by a wish spell. Starting when you reach 2nd level in this class, you can use a prediction to expend 1 fate point and increase the range of your blindsight to 60 feet for 1 minute. This range increases to 90 feet at 5th level, to 120 feet at 11th level, and to 300 feet at 17th level. If you choose to be blind this way, determine the appearance of your eyes manually or by rolling on the Eyes of the Sightless Seer table below.
Eyes of the Sightless Seer, a table with 6 rows of entries under the header "Eyes".
Pools of stars, deep as the night sky, twinkling with infinite lights.
You wear a blindfold that grows stained and drips with blood as you use your powers.
A small ball of solid gold sits in each socket, perhaps etched with symbols or writing.
Your eyelids are permanently closed. Others see strange shapes moving against them.
Both eyes are of a single solid color, such as onyx black, icy white, or deep sea blue.
Your corneas are clouded and opaque, but the swirling pattern seems to slowly move.
